Global Health Progress

Global Health Progress epitomizes Clinton, Gates’ call for “efficiency savings” in regards to HIV/AIDs prevention and services by highlighting the importance of collaborative partnerships and securing resources, such as access to drugs

This week Uganda is hosting the AU Heads of State Summit, with a focus on “Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Development in Africa.”

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that more than 5 million people worldwide have access to HIV treatment, a twelvefold increase from 2003. And the United Nations announced a 25 percent decline in HIV prevalence among youth in some of the hardest-hit countries in Africa. All of these developments are due in part to the extraordinary generosity of the American people.

Global Health Progress report addresses innovative solutions to improving access to healthcare in India

An estimated 5.2 million people in low and middle-income countries were receiving life-saving HIV treatment at the end of 2009, according to the latest update from WHO.

WHO estimates that 1.2 million people started treatment in 2009, bringing the total number of people receiving treatment to 5.2 million, compared to 4 million at the end of 2008.

ViiV Healthcare has announced a new series of initiatives to address the evolving treatment needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in the poorest and most vulnerable countries

About the Author: Ambassador Eric Goosby serves as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.
In June, I made my second visit to Uganda as the Global AIDS Coordinator. During the 1980s and 1990s, Uganda’s successes in combating HIV/AIDS garnered global attention. But the disease remains a significant challenge for the nation, with the availability of antiretroviral treatment recently [...]

July 12 Marks Six Months Since the Haiti Earthquake; Donations by PQMD Members Have Quadrupled
ATLANTA (July 9, 2010) — When a 7.0-magnitude earthquake reduced major parts of Haiti to rubble, members of the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD), a humanitarian alliance, rallied to provide vital medical supplies and life-saving medicines to victims. Now, six [...]

International Policy Network (IPN), a nongovernmental educational organization focused on highlighting the role of free society institutions in social and economic development, recently discussed some of the limitations of the Unitaid pool for pharmaceutical patents.

Global Health Progress (GHP) hosted the 3rd Annual African Health Delegation visit of senior African health officials to Washington, DC, from June 21 to 25, 2010.